Unspecified operating expense disclosure requirements in New Zealand. Has FRS 9 made a difference?

Pacific Accounting Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 57-95

  Lont, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 40649122902     PISSN: 01140582     EISSN: 20415494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb037967     Document Type: Article

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